The Metropolitan Lounge at @Amtrak’s Chicago Union Station no longer serves beer! It’s horrible!

The Metropolitan Lounge at @Amtrak’s Chicago Union Station no longer serves beer! It’s horrible!


I caught a cold while visiting my mom and brother last week, which gave me a bit of a cough for a couple days. Out of an abundance of caution I got a Covid-19 test before heading to visit my dad, which came back negative just in time for me to check in for my train.
Across from our hotel is @Lock27Brewing. @jackieLbrewer has a Luminous Haze, while I ordered the Stumbling Nag even before @limako said it was what he’d drink.

Having taken leave of @limako and Lucy, @jackieLbrewer and I have reached our hotel and walked to Applebee’s. They have a local IPA called Big Ditch Hayburner, which makes up in bitterness anything it lacks in complexity.


Stopped for the night on the road to visit @limako. I’ve got the Brew Dog Elvis Juice and @jackieLbrewer has the 7th Son Humulus Nimbus. Missing online cocktail hour, so cheers!
I wish the NYT would quit referring to voter-suppression measures as “strict” voting laws.

🎶 Mo-nar-da, whoa-o! Mo-nar-da, whoa-o-o-o! 🎶 Bradbury’s monarda in @jackieLbrewer’s pollinator hotspot.
Ĉiuj bezonas smokingon.
You don’t acquire a black and gold silk brocade smoking jacket in suburban Maine because you want to fit in with your white neighbors.
Source: What My Korean Father Taught Me About Defending Myself in America | GQ
I want one of these signs with the word “rentiers” swapped in for “renters,” but otherwise unchanged.
My longest run in a long time. Nice easy pace throughout, with some walking in the second half when my knees got a little twingey. 🏃🏻♂️
As a bonus, saw a Great Blue Heron and many goslings!
